“London punks TEAR’s new single Careless Again is a surefire DIY epic” – Feisty Magazine

“Running the gauntet between no-f*cks-given PJ Harvey-esque romp and ragged cranked-up pomp, Tear are quickly making a name for themselves” – Hero Magazine

London four piece DIY punk outfit TEAR will be hitting the road with Honeyblood later this month for some shows across the south of England, where they will perform tracks from their recently released mini-album ‘VINYL01′. Playing Reading, Bedford and Brighton with the Scottish duo, TEAR will then see in the summer with a string of additional live dates across the UK, including Liverpool Sound City and Kendal Calling. Dates as follows:

16th April – Sub89, Reading (with Honeyblood)

27th April – Esquires, Bedford (with Honeyblood)

28th April – Finborough Arms, London

3rd May – The Haunt, Brighton (with Honeyblood)

26th May – The Lowry, Salford (with Tim Burgess) – SOLD OUT

28th May – Liverpool Sound City, Liverpool

1st June – Old Blue Last (with Cajsa Siik (SWE) and Millions)

16th June – Dublin Castle with The G-O-D

27-30th July – Kendal Calling, Kendal

‘VINYL01‘ is out now via Tim Burgess‘ label O Genesis Recordings, and features previous singles ‘Careless Again‘, ‘The Sprawl‘, ‘Begging‘ and ‘Beautiful‘. The band signed to Tim’s label in late 2015 for the release of their first EP, and have since been busy making a name for themselves through a string of intimate shows and festival performances. ‘Begging‘, the penultimate track from the seven-song offering, has a recently released video, which premiered on The Quietus and is available to watch now via the link below.

The mini-album contains the raw power that TEAR are renowned for across their live shows; it is a fully charged and sonically tight collection of female-fronted, lo-fi rock music that will be sure to earmark the band as ones to watch in 2017. It was recorded in two parts; one with Tim Burgess and Jim Spencer at The Charlatans’ Big Mushroom studio in Cheshire, and the other with Toby Kidd at Bark Studios with additional production from Victoria Freund.